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ID:111 Amy Bevan 1891-?
Lisa’s 2nd Great Aunt
Birth	2nd January 1891	Brownhills, Staffordshire
Death
Mother	Sarah Snape (b.1863) /ID:677
Father	John Bevan (b.1870) /ID:120
Siblings	Polly Bevan (b.1889) /ID:125
	Amy Bevan (b.1891) /ID:111
	Emily Bevan (b.1892)/ID:114
	John Thomas Bevan (b.1896) /ID:121
	Charles Thomas Cooper (b.1901) /ID:158
Spouse	Josiah Redwood Miller (b.1885)/ID:458
Children	Josiah Miller (b.1911)/ID:459

1891

2nd January 1891- Birth of daughter , Amy Bevan. She was baptised at Ogley Hay on 21st January 1891.

1891

1891 Census for 'Ogley Square, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
John Bevan	Head	Married	21	1870	Male	Madeley, Shropshire	Coal Miner
Sarah Bevan	Wife	Married	27	1864	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Polly Bevan	Daughter		1	1890	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Amy Bevan	Daughter		0	1891	Female	Brownhills, Staffs

1895  - John Bevan, her father passed away in 1895, age just 25. 

June 1899 - Sarah, her mother remarries. Her husband, Stephen Cooper, a Coal Miner Hewer, becomes stepfather to the girls and John Thomas.

1901

1901 Census for 'Ogley Square, Ogley Hay, Brownhills, Staffs'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Stephen Cooper	Head	Married	41	1860	Male	Green Lane, Walsall	Coal Miner Hewer
Sarah Cooper	Wife	Married	38	1863	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Polly Bevan	Step-daughter		12	1889	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Amy Bevan	Step-daughter		11	1890	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Emily Bevan	Step-daughter		10	1891	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
John Thomas Bevan	Step-son		6	1895	Male	Brownhills, Staffs
Jacob Harris	Boarder		66	1830	Male	Thornton, Leics	None - Recuperating

In Summer 1910, Amy married Josiah Redwood Miller, a coal miner hewer from Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Josiah was a widower and already had two young children, Ida and Edith. The couple married at Mansfield and witnesses were Lucy Greenfield and Thomas Sheldon.

1911

Amy and Josiah soon had another child of their own, Josiah, born in 1911 in Huthwaite, near Mansfield. 

1911

1911 Census for 'Sherwood St, Hucknell under Huthwaite nr Mansfield, Nottinghamshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender		Birth County	Occupation
Josiah Redwood Miller	Head	Married	26	1885	Male	Sutton in Ashfield, Notts		Coal Miner Hewer
Amy Miller	Wife	Married	21	1890	Female	Brownhills, Staffs
Ida Miller	Daughter		5	1906	Female	Sutton in Ashfield, Notts		School
Edith Miller	Daughter		2	1909	Female	Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
Josiah Miller	Son		1 mth	1911	Male	Hucknell, Notts
Emily Bevan	Sister-in-law	Single	18	1893	Female	Brownhills, Staffs		General Dom Servant

We have not been able to locate the 1939 registry for Amy or Josiah.

We know from his probate, below, that they lived in Shelfield, Near Walsall when he died in 1949. We know Amy was still alive as she is mentioned in the probate but have not been able to find details of her death.